Talent Acquisition Specialist - Ireland

Exciting Opportunity – Be the First Talent Acquisition Specialist for Ireland!

This is a newly created, high-impact role and the first Talent Acquisition Specialist dedicated to supporting our Ireland region. You will join an established, global engineering company with a strong people culture, at an exciting time of growth, helping shape the future of our talent strategy and making a real impact on the business.

Stantec’s Ireland business has ambitious plans to grow. With the recent acquisition of Ryan Hanley, the Talent Acquisition team will play a critical role in supporting our continued expansion.

Based in Dublin or Galway you will work closely with hiring managers, stakeholders, and our Senior Leadership Team in Ireland, advising on best practice and recruiting across multiple disciplines within our multi-sector engineering environment.

Your role will include:

• Direct sourcing strategies to attract top talent and build strong candidate pipelines and talent communities.
• Managing recruitment agency partners to deliver cost-effective, high-quality results.
• Resource forecasting, ensuring recruitment aligns with business and project demands.
• Leading graduate recruitment efforts, attending graduate recruitment events, and building relationships with universities and other talent sources.
• Delivering an exceptional candidate experience, representing Stantec’s values and commitment to excellence.

This is a fast-paced, highly visible role where you will play a pivotal part in Stantec’s ambitious growth plans in Ireland, contributing to the development of our people and shaping our future talent strategy.

Hybrid working: Enjoy the best of both worlds with three days a week in the office, giving you the opportunity to collaborate closely with your team and Senior Leadership, while maintaining flexibility to work remotely.

About You

You are a proactive Talent Acquisition professional with a successful track record in Irish recruitment market, including sourcing hard-to-fill roles. You ideally have experience recruiting in Construction or Engineering sectors across multiple disciplines.

You thrive in a high-volume, multi-sector recruitment environment and have strong stakeholder management skills, building trusted relationships with hiring managers and Senior Leadership.

You pride yourself on being responsive, detail-oriented, and proactive, with a passion for finding, attracting, and developing top talent, including leading graduate recruitment campaigns and attending graduate events.

You will be joining a team with a strong people culture, where collaboration, engagement, and employee development are central to how the business operates.

Join Stantec and be part of a growing, ambitious company, where you will have the opportunity to shape our talent strategy in Ireland, make a real impact from day one, and enjoy a flexible hybrid working model.

The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities. 

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities. 

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.

At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact [email protected] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.